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29. My favourite writer.
M y favourite w riter is W illiam S hakespeare. W . Shakespeare w as the greatest 
E nglish w riter, poet and playw right. H e w as born in 1564 in the little tow n o f 
S tratford-upon-A von, about 120 kilom eters from L ondon. H e w as the th ird o f eight 
children. Shakespeare w e n t to L ondon to w o rk at th e theatre. He w orked at the thetre 
for several years b efo re he began to w rite his ow n plays.
W hen S hakespeare w as 18 he m arried A nne H athaw ay a w om an eight years o ld er 
than him self. T hree children w ere born to them . Shakespeare soon becam e a w ell- 
k now n w riter in L ondon. H e w as part o f one o f L o n d o n 's m ost popular acting groups. 
H is plays w ere often perfo rm ed and published. In 1599 he and som e colleagues 
becam e the ow ners o f th eir o w n theatre, the '‘G lobe Theatre"'. Shakespeare w ro te 37 
plays that can be d ivided into th ree types: com edies, h isto ries and tragedies.
H is co m ed ies include “T he T am ing o f the S h rew ” and a “M idsum m er N ig h ts 
D ream ". His histories told the stories o f E nglish kings, including H enry IV , H enry 
VIII, R ichard II and R ich ard III. His tragedies include such w ell-know n plays as 
“ R om eo and Ju lie t” , “ O th ello ” , “M acb eth ” , “ K ing L ear” and “ H am let” .
People in m any countries o f the w orld like S h ak esp eare's w riting very m uch. 
H is w’orks has helped shape w o rld literature and he had a g reat effect on th e E nglish 
language. B esides plays, S hakespeare is also fam ous for his poetry. H e w rote m any 
poem s called sonnets. T h a t his plays are read and p erform ed often today, hundreds o f 
years after his death in 1616, is p ro o f o f his greatness.
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playw right - sah n a asari yozuvchisi
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w ell-know n - m ash h u r
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